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    carpet python

    i have a couple of questions about the carpet python, how big do they get, is it the same care sheet ot ball pythons are they tame or aggressive?

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    Re: carpet python

    Quote Originally Posted by Francesco View Post
    i have a couple of questions about the carpet python, how big do they get, is it the same care sheet ot ball pythons are they tame or aggressive?
    I'm unsure about an answer for the first part of the question but I can answer the second one.

    (before reading my answer remember all snakes have individual personalities to some degree having said that)

    The majority of carpet pythons are non aggressive at to any degree. If you get a baby carpet python expect it to be nippy for at least three weeks if it strikes@ all. most baby snakes (even a rare corn snake) will strike until it either reaches a size that it feels it will be safe around you or you interact with it on a daily basis (picking it up for five minutes or less, cleaning its cage without touching it but putting your hands in there so it gets to being around them). Once youve had your carpet baby (ies) for a good two - three weeks handled on a regular basis they should stop nipping at all together and once they calm down its a permanent thing. The only time you might get bitten is from a feeding response but a great feeding response is better than a low to no feeding response@ all.

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    Re: carpet python

    Quote Originally Posted by Francesco View Post
    i have a couple of questions about the carpet python, how big do they get, is it the same care sheet ot ball pythons are they tame or aggressive?
    How big they get depend on what carpet python you plan on getting

    Jungles are about 5 to 7 feet
    Coastal are about 7 to 9 feet
    Irian Jaya are about 4 1/2 to 5 feet


    Care is relatively easy http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...lia-spilota-sp.)

    They tend to be a bit nippy as hatchlings but so do most hatchlings regardless of the species, and like other hatchlings that might be nippy they grow out of it pretty fast.

    They are very intelligent and very aware of their surrounding compared to BP which (at least to me) makes them really interesting.
    Deborah Stewart


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    Okay I have decided I'm picking up a jungle carpet tomorrow

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